The Jerome Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ...and related lines
(risky/nonrisky lines, tactics & psychology for fast, exciting play)

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Jerome Gambit: From Smash, Bang, to Drip, Drip

Sometimes the pace of White's attack in the Jerome Gambit can be a bit of smash and bang . In the following game, Black adopts a defens...

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Yet, Ever Onward

The third round of Chess.com 's "Italian game Classic" tournament has started, and I find myself in Group 1 - which consist...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Jerome Gambit: The Choice of Chess Hooligans!

Searching the internet the other day, I ran across a couple of videos (Russian language, I believe), each covering an online Jerome Gambit (...

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Horrible Innovation

One of my favorite chess writers is GM Andy Soltis. With over 100 books to his name, and almost 50 years as a chess columnist for the New Yo...

Friday, April 10, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Finish Quickly

There are so many ways for those who defend against the Jerome Gambit to wander off of the main lines. In the following game, the attacker s...

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Return to the Literary Digest

In mid-1900, Alonzo Wheeler Jerome convinced the chess columnist for the Literary Digest to start a Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.B...

Monday, April 6, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Eminently Unsound

Recently, a little bit of online research took me to the pages of The Daily Colonist , of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and, in partic...

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About Me

Rick Kennedy: I've been researching Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's gambit since 2001. I am always interested in receiving games and analysis: as old as 1874, when the opening first was published, or as recent as today -- casual or serious, blitz or classical time settings, human or computer (or both). Readers can reach me at richardfkennedy@hotmail.com. perrypawnpusher is the name I play under at different chess sites. My book reviews and fiction were at Chessville.com - while it lived. I have written for Chess Life, School Mates, and Chess Life for Kids. Dedicated researchers may connect my name to that of Riley Sheffield - we co-wrote The Marshall Gambit in the French and Sicilian Defenses , published by Dale Brandreth's Caissa in 1988.

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